Giuseppe Conte

Giuseppe Conte (8 August 1964-) was Prime Minister of Italy from 23 May 2018, succeeding Paolo Gentiloni. He was supported by the Five Star Movement (which he was close to) and Lega Nord.

Biography
Giuseppe Conte was born in Volturara Appula, Apulia, Italy in 1964 to a middle-class family, and he worked as a private law professor, and he served in the Bureau of Administrative Justice after 2013. After the 2018 general election resulted in a hung parliament, Five Star Movement leader Luigi De Maio and Lega Nord leader Matteo Salvini proposed to President Sergio Mattarella that Conte could form a government for them. Conte, who was close to M5S, was given the mandate to form a government on 23 May 2018, presiding over the "Government of Change" coalition.